foenus

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Latin

Noun

foenus n (genitive foenoris); third declension

  1. Alternative form of faenus

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

singular plural
nominative foenus foenora
genitive foenoris foenorum
dative foenorī foenoribus
accusative foenus foenora
ablative foenore foenoribus
vocative foenus foenora

References

  • foenus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • foenus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin